Mockito test a void method throws an exception

Question

I have a method with a void return type. It can also throw a number of exceptions so I'd like to test those exceptions being thrown. All attempts have failed with the same reason:

The method when(T) in the type Stubber is not applicable for the arguments (void)

Any ideas how I can get the method to throw a specified exception?

doThrow(new Exception()).when(mockedObject.methodReturningVoid(...));

Answer 1

The parentheses are poorly placed.

You need to use:

doThrow(new Exception()).when(mockedObject).methodReturningVoid(...);
                                          ^

and NOT use:

doThrow(new Exception()).when(mockedObject.methodReturningVoid(...));
                                                                   ^

This is explained in the documentation

Answer 2

If you ever wondered how to do it using the new BDD style of Mockito:

willThrow(new Exception()).given(mockedObject).methodReturningVoid(...));

And for future reference one may need to throw exception and then do nothing:

willThrow(new Exception()).willDoNothing().given(mockedObject).methodReturningVoid(...));